captioning sponsored by cbs ♪ >> o'donnell: breaking news tonight-- 12 seconds of terror. the new video of kobe bryant's helicopter, and what we're learning about the final moment before it slammed into a mountain. what caused it to drop 1,000 feet in a matter of seconds? >> the earth is shaking. >> o'donnell: the other breaking news tonight-- powerful earthquakes off the coast of jamaica and the cayman islands. people run from buildings, as the shaking is felt as far away as miami. we'll have the latest. resting their case. the president's lawyers wrap up as the fight over john bolton's new book heats up. >> it is not a game of leaks and unsourced manuscripts. >> o'donnell: will the former national security adviser be called to testify in the president's senate trial? plus, rudy giuliani sounds off, in a cbs news exclusive. >> he's a backstabber. >> o'donnell: a connecticut man,

charged with the murder of his estranged wife, tries to kill himself. the dramatic emergency caught on camera. getting out-- americans evacuate china as that deadly mysterious virus continues to spread. plus, we're with government scientists as they race to create a vaccine. topping the polls. he's stuck at the impeachment trial, so why is bernie sanders surging just days before the and, head of the class. how a five-year-old's act of kindness inspired an entire school to take up her cause. this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's capital. >> o'donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west. we are going to begin with new details on the chopper crash that killed kobe bryant, his daughter, and seven others. the coroner says the remains of all nine victims have been recovered, and tonight we are getting our first close-up look at the crash site in southern california.

a new cell phone video shows the moments before bryant's helicopter plunged into a hillside and erupted into flames. the pilot had thousands of hours of flying experience, he knew the area and its terrain, but the weather kept getting worse. tonight, there are new tributes to bryant from former teammates and one-time rivals. kris van cleave leads off our coverage tonight in calabasas, california. >> reporter: new video appears to show kobe bryant's helicopter circling just minutes before the crash that killed all nine aboard. the n.t.s.b. used a helicopter today to airlift key pieces of wreckage out of the rugged hillside crash site, while investigators hunted for smaller items. investigators are pouring over pilot ara zobayan's history and helicopter maintenance records. preliminary flight data shows the trip started normally. about 15 minutes later, the pilot began to circle. the weather was getting worse as he waited 12 minutes for air traffic control to clear him onward. about 9:40, flying below the

clouds, zobayan asked controllers to track him on radar, but he was too low. four minutes later, radioing he was climbing to go above the layer of clouds. flying now in potentially blinding fog, he reached 2,300 feet before turning left. in its final 12 seconds, the helicopter began to dive, falling at nearly 5,000 feet per minute. the last recorded speed, about 184 mph. n.b.a. star lebron james spoke to bryant earlier that morning. in an instagram post, james wrote he was heartbroken and devastated, and promised to continue kobe's legacy. bryant's former teammate, shaquille o'neal, also talked about losing his friend. >> i haven't eaten. i haven't slept. .ur relationship was that of brothers. >> reporter: an outpouring of grief for all of the victims, including baseball coach john altobelli, his wife and daughter. >> he had the perfect life, perfect wife, perfect family. it is just mind-boggling how quickly that went away.

>> reporter: late today, the coroner announced it had identified four of the passengers including kobe bryant. the n.t.s.b. is working to rule out mechanical failure but this helicopter does not have a black box. they recovered an ipad and a cell phone they hope to analyze. the sheriff's department said they've had to add deputies, including some on horseback, because people continue to try to access the crash scene. norah. >> o'donnell: kris, thank you. today, the caribbean was hit by one of the most powerful earthquakes on record in that region, magnitude 7.7. it was centered in the sea between jamaica and cuba, and it was felt 450 miles away in miami. manuel bojorquez is there. and manny, i understand you could feel the shaking. >> reporter: that's right. and it is rare for miami to feel the tremors from an earthquake, but this afternoon, some buildings here shook enough that hundreds of people emptied into the streets around town. now, so far, there are no reports of injuries or damage here, but closer to the epicenter, which is between cuba

and jamaica, videos appear to show where giant sinkholes opened up in the cayman islands. the earthquake struck just after 2:00 this afternoon, causing panic in areas where the jolt was much stronger. so far, no reports of widespread damage or injury there, either, but there is concern about aftershocks, especially after just hours later, a 6.1 struck the area. here in miami, we watched as engineers fanned out across this area to inspect the buildings here. so far, no signs of any concern. norah? >> o'donnell: all right, manny. thank you. president trump's defense team wrapped up its opening arguments this afternoon, but the senate impeachment trial may be far from done. a battle looms over allowing potentially explosive witness testimony. nancy cordes reports tonight from capitol hill. >> it is time for this to end. >> reporter: the white house team wrapped up today with this appeal to the jury: >> you know what the right answer is in your heart. >> reporter: the president's lawyers dismissing new claims from john bolton that contradict

their defense. >> are you going to allow proceedings on impeachment to go from a "new york times" report about someone that says what they hear is in a manuscript? >> reporter: bolton's forthcoming book says the president did condition aid to ukraine on investigations into the bidens. >> when i was there-- >> reporter: speaking in sarasota last night, former white house chief of staff john kelly said, "i believe john bolton." rudy giuliani does not. >> he's a backstabber. >> reporter: the president's personal lawyer spoke to catherine herridge today for "cbs this morning." >> he never said to me, i've got a problem with what you are doing in ukraine. never once. never winked. never sent me a little note. >> reporter: with pressure mounting for bolton to testify, oklahoma republican james lankford proposed today that senators be allowed to read bolton's manuscript first, and then decide. >> that sounds like a reasonable solution to me.

>> what an absurd proposal. >> reporter: democrats called it a stalling tactic. as a start, would you like to see the book and see exactly what bolton said? d? nothing is a substitute for a witness under oath, in person, atstifying. that's what we want. >> o'donnell: and nancy joins us from the hill tonight with a new development, as republicans just came out of a meeting where they discussed witnesses. nancy, what can you tell us about what happened? >> reporter: norah, several republicans tell us that in that meeting, leader mcconnell told his colleagues that they do not currently have the votes they need to block witness testimony, but that's only because a handful of republican senators haven't made up their minds yet. they say they want to see how the next couple of days of this trial play out, when they finally have a chance to ask questions of the house managers and the president's lawyers. >> o'donnell: it's going to be a dramatic couple of days ahead. thank you, nancy. there is breaking news tonight on the new coronavirus. cbs news has learned the white

house is considering a suspension of all flights .stween the u.s. and china. this comes as the death toll in china jumped to more than 130 tonight, and the number of cases now tops 5,300. screening for the virus is being expanded to 18 major airports and two land border crossings. dr. jon lapook reports now on an escape flight from the infection zone. >> reporter: with the entire chinese city of wuhan on lockdown, hundreds of trapped americans are getting out. the first sanctioned plane left just this afternoon. >> there was security on the roads on the way in. >> reporter: ian thompson, a dual british-american citizen, recorded his journey. >> if your name was on the list, you got into the airport. >> reporter: a federal spokesperson familiar with the plan told cbs news, "passengers will be quarantined and observed for three days once they are in the states." with more than 100 cases tested in the u.s., public health officials are on alert. >> we have to prepare for the worst, always, because if you

don't and the worst happens, you're behind the eight-ball. >> reporter: dr. anthony fauci is head of infectious diseases at the national institutes of health. >> if you then start seeing contacts, and contacts of contacts getting infected, then that becomes more of a concern. >> reporter: the state department is warning americans about traveling to china. when you see that reaction, with quarantining tens of millions of people... >> the only thing i can say about that, that is unprecedented. but i can tell you, the reason i'm agnostic about it is because it's never been done before, not even close to this magnitude. >> reporter: if the outbreak continues to grow, the n.i.h. does have an ace in the hole, existing technology that allows researchers to jump-start vaccine development by modifying a previously developed vaccine. >> now, the beauty of this is that you can do it really, really quickly. >> reporter: dr. fauci told me, if the outbreak continues to spread, a widely available vaccine would still be at least

a year away. for now, officials emphasize the risk to the general public is low. but norah, they're still learning about this virus, including how quickly it is spreading from person to person. >> o'donnell: all right, dr. lapook, thank you. tonight, a dramatic turn in the case involving a man who is accused of murdering his wife and the mother of his five children. fotis dulos is in critical condition after apparently trying to end his own life. he was under house arrest awaiting trial. mola lenghi is following the case. >> reporter: drone footage captured the dramatic minutes farmington police officers tried to revive fotis dulos. officers found the 52-year-old unresponsive while sitting in his running vehicle in the garage of his farmington home. they performed c.p.r. for more than ten minutes, stopping only to check for a pulse. farmington police lieutenant timothy mckenzie. >> he had obvious signs of medical distress. officers forced entry and immediately began to perform life-saving measures. >> reporter: dulos' attorney tells cbs news he apparently

tried to kill himself by carbon monoxide poisoning. farmington police found him while performing a welfare check after dulos failed to show up for a bond hearing that could have sent him back to prison for the alleged murder of his wife. >> reporter: mr. dulos was transported to uconn health by ambulance where he is now listed as critical condition. >> reporter: dulos was arrested earlier this month and charged with the murder of his estranged wife, jennifer dulos, seven months after her disappearance. her body has never been found. dulos' ex-girlfriend, michelle troconis, and his former attorney, kent mawhinney, were also charged with conspiracy to commit murder in jennifer's death. well, this is video of dulos arriving by medical helicopter to a new york city hospital where he was transferred a little more than an hour ago. he remains in critical condition in an intensive care unit tonight. meanwhile, back here at his onrmington, connecticut home, police remain on scene, norah. >> o'donnell: mola, thank you.

and, it's been nearly three years in the making. today, president trump and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu appeared together in the white house to unveil a plan for middle east peace. but it's already been rejected by the palestinians. weijia jiang reports tonight from the white house. >> reporter: for two leaders fighting for their political lives, there was no better time to announce a peace plan. >> today, israel takes a big step towards peace. >> reporter: president trump's impeachment trial was playing out on capitol hill, while israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu had just been indicted on corruption charges hours earlier. >> it's a great plan for israel. >> reporter: mr. trump sold his plan as the best bet for compromise to the 70-plus year conflict. >> my vision presents a win-win opportunity for both sides. >> reporter: but the proposal, reafted by president trump's

since it was written without the palestinians. the president slammed it as a conspiracy between the u.s. and israel. the plan would allow for a palestinian state only if they meet certain tests over time. israel could continue annexing its settlements in the west bank, and jerusalem would be recognized as israel's undivided capital. ( protesting ) thousands of palestinians filled the streets in gaza city, burning pictures of trump and netanyahu, and holding signs that read, "palestine is not for sale." tonight, president trump held a campaign rally in wildwood, new jersey, where thousands of people waited to get in, some since yesterday, despite the cold. congressman jeff van drew joined him on stage because it's his district. van drew abandoned the democratic party last month for the g.o.p. over impeachment. >> o'donnell: all right, weijia, thank you. now to the 2020 campaign. it's crunch time for democrats

in iowa, with the first-in-the- nation caucuses now just six days away. this as the impeachment trial in washington adds more uncertainty to what is already a very tight race. ed o'keefe is in clinton, iowa, for us tonight. >> reporter: in the final days before the iowa caucus, former vice president joe biden's closing argument is, only he can defeat president trump. >> the whole impeachment trial for trump is just a political hit job to try to smear me, because he is scared to death to run against me. >> reporter: biden has said several times that he won't testify as part of an impeachment trial witness swap with republicans. >> i have nothing to defend. this is all a game. >> reporter: he's one of a handful of candidates in iowa this week, as four others are stuck in washington dealing with the trial. multiple polls show that one of them, senator elizabeth warren, is fading, while another, senator bernie sanders, has a slim lead. >> we are down to the wire on timing. >> reporter: in his absence, sanders is relying on an army of thousands of devoted volunteers.

some have come from as far away as oregon. >> i have a lot of regrets from 2016. all i did was donate $35, and that's all i did. so, this time, i want to be able to say, if he loses, you know, i did everything i could. >> reporter: another senator, minnesota's amy klobuchar, raced to iowa tonight to squeeze in a campaign stop before the trial resumes tomorrow. as she told us on the campaign bus sunday... >> i'm going to have to do everything i can to communicate with the caucus-goers of iowa. >> reporter: one other candidate joe biden is going to have to worry about? while not competing here in iowa, former new york mayor michael bloomberg is now placing fourth in national polls, little more than a month when he first appears on ballots on super tuesday. norah? >> o'donnell: it look like joe biden is about to approach you there, ed. >> reporter: how are you? >> good to see you. how are you? >> o'donnell: that's what happens when you're live on the campaign trail. >> reporter: welcome to the campaign trail, norah. >> o'donnell: all right, ed, what a moment. what a moment indeed. all right, thank you, and there

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>> o'donnell: breaking news tonight. from prince george's county, maryland, a police officer has just been charged with murder. corporal michael owen is accused of shooting and killing a man who was handcuffed and sitting in the front seat of his police car yesterday. tonight, a former navy seal whose case was championed by president trump is striking back at his fellow seals. in a new video he posted online, eddie gallagher is calling out, by name, the men who accused him of war crimes. david martin reports tonight from the pentagon.

>> reporter: now retired, navy seal edward gallagher was acquitted of murdering an isis prisoner, but says he still has to fight to clear his name. >> even though i went to trial, exposed all the lies that were said about me by certain cowards in my platoon, and found not guilty, there are those to this day who refuse to accept that fact. >> reporter: gallagher was convicted of posing with the body of the prisoner, but thanks to president trump, the sentence was overturned and he was allowed to keep his trident pin, the symbol of his status as a seal. now he has taken to social media to call out those who testified against him, complete with pictures. >> the truth has never been fully exposed about what really happened.u may u have no idea. >> reporter: the controversy surrounding gallagher was one of the reasons the navy's top seal issued a memo last summer stating, "we have a problem with good order and discipline." and the controversy is not over yet. david martin, cbs news, the pentagon.

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